The echomessage command is useful when echo is off. To display a message that is several lines long without displaying
other commands, you can include several echomessage commands after the echooff command in your batch program.

Hiding the command prompt

If you use the echooff command on the command line, the command prompt does not appear on your
screen. To redisplay the command prompt, type echoon.

Preventing Windows NT from echoing a line

You can insert an at sign (@) in front of a command in a batch program to
prevent Windows NT from echoing that line.

Echoing a blank line

To echo a blank line on the screen, you can type echo and then a period (echo.). There must be no intervening space.

Displaying pipes and redirection characters

You cannot display a pipe (|) or redirection character (< or > ) when using
the echo command.